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Saturday, November 12, 2011

{Sciatica}

Well everyone, the last few days have been kind of rough for us.

Out of the blue 4 days ago, I started experiencing some uncomfortableness. Every time i walk or shift my weight, i have a horrible sharp pain in the entire left side of my body, like nothing i have ever felt before. It brings me to tears... walking up the stairs in our home is almost an impossible feat, along with putting on shoes or pants.. which i need :) My poor husband has had to help me out quite a bit with the littlest things! {not to mention how i keep him up all night, trying to get comfortable too} He has been a total sweetheart though. I feel so wimpy!

I went to see my Dr yesterday to make sure everything was alright, since it came on so suddenly. After watching me walk around {believe me, i look ridiculous} and making me do some stretches, he said I haveSciatica, which is actually quite common during pregnancy, i found out.

He also said that the reason it came on so suddenly is because our little girl has actually dropped already! Oh & she is sideways, so that's just added pressure. Hopefully she will shift SOON! but not too soon... Dr said she is moving into birthing position right now. { I guess that's what it means when they say she has "dropped". Im slowly learning the terminology :) }

Its no fun. but i guess its worth it. Its a reminder that in 6 weeks or less we get to meet our little girl!

I hate sounding like such a downer, i promise im not!!

So, on a lighter note, today will actually be a pretty fun day. While my sweet hubby is at work, Im meeting some friends at a farmers market later this morning, then meeting a friend for coffee, & then I have another baby shower that is being thrown this afternoon by my family! :) so today should be a pretty enjoyable one!

I totally had that with my son- it was actually right around this time last year and everyone was wondering why I hobbled around so much because I was only 6-7 months along. Luckily he moved off of it after a month but oh boy I feel your pain! Hang in there!